Equity Axis

31/01/2025

ZiG’s Weekly Review as Stability Remains in Focus: Is This a Turning Point or a False Dawn?
✳️ dipped to 23.3656/USD, with a 35-54% parallel market premium.
✳️Despite mandates, key sectors still rely on , echoing past currency woes.

The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) experienced marginal declines, depreciating by 0.1% last week and further by 0.2% this week, closing at 23.3656 against the US dollar. This relative stability is largely attri

31/01/2025

Highlights 31.01.25
✳️El Niño, Power Failures Weigh on FY24
✳️IMF Ranks as Worlds Highest Inflationary Economy
✳️ Sets Price Limits for LPG operators
✳️ Sets New Price Record US$2.800/oz

30/01/2025

To***co Exports Reach All Time High of US$1.3 Billion in 2024
✳️ 's ***co exports hit a record $1.3B in 2024, up from $1.2B in 2023, driven by a price rise to $3.55/kg despite drought challenges.

Zimbabwe's to***co export earnings reached an unprecedented $1.3 billion in 2024, marking the second consecutive year the industry has surpassed the $1 billion milestone. This achievement builds on t

30/01/2025

El Niño, Power Failures Weigh on NamPak: Only Plastics Unit Bucks the Trend in 2024
✳️ sales grew 10.2% on strong PET and HDPE demand, while sales fell 8.4% due to lower ***co carton demand.
✳️ still posted a $4.96M profit.

NamPak Zimbabwe Limited experienced a challenging fiscal year in 2024, with only one of its operating units recording sales growth amidst a difficult economic and operational environment. The company

30/01/2025

Highlights 30.01.25
✳️Zimbabwe's Gold Revenue 📉Hits $2.5 Billion Record
✳️To***co Exports Reach All-Time High of $1.3 Billion
✳️Maize 🌽Imports Surge 200% to $563 Million
✳️US Aid Freeze Puts 's HIV Treatment at Risk

30/01/2025

The Axis PodCast Episode 3 - Land Reform in SA New Era for the Rainbow Nation.
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29/01/2025

Zimbabwe Records Highest Maize Shipments in 2024, Surpasses US$500 Million
✳️ imports hit a record $563M, up 276%.
✳️Govt targets 3.2M tonnes in 2024/25, with the private sector funding 60% of the recovery plan.

Zimbabwe's maize imports surged to a historic US$ 563 million in 2024, up from US$ 149.5 million in the previous year, marking a remarkable increase of over 200%. This places maize imports second only

29/01/2025

Trade Deficit Surges Over Threefold to $196.9 Million
✳️ 's trade deficit soared 318% to $196.9M.
✳️ exports fell 19%, while mattes dropped 39%, worsening the imbalance.

Zimbabwe's trade deficit has surged significantly to US$196 million, representing a 318.2% increase from $46.9 million in November 2024, which was the lowest deficit since November 2021. Gold exports

29/01/2025

Highlights 29.01.24
✳️Government Effects First Step to Rescue Formal Retailers
✳️Trade Deficit Surges Over Threefold to $196.9MN as Exports Dip
✳️January Surge to Highest Since Nov 2024
✳️ Intensifies Tech War on , Targets

29/01/2025

January Inflation Surges in ZiG, USD, Highest Since November 2024
✳️Inflation hits record high: 10.5% MoM in Jan '25, 3rd highest since ZWG launch.
✳️USD accelerates: 14.6% YoY in Jan '25 (up from 2.5% in Dec '24). Food: 6.8%, Non-Food: 12.5%.

Zimbabwe’s month-on-month inflation rose sharply in January 2025, both in US dollar terms and ZiG terms, according to the latest data released by the country’s statistics agency, Zimstat. The ZiG mon

29/01/2025

‘Current Dual Currency System Unsustainable for Formal Businesses' CZR
✳️ warns the dual currency system favors the informal sector, hurting formal businesses.
✳️ worsens the gap, making access vital.

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has sharply criticised the dual currency system currently in place, asserting that it disproportionately favours the informal sector at the expense of for

29/01/2025

Zimbabwe’s Anti-Smuggling Push: Can SI 7 of 2025 Save Formal Businesses?
✳️Govt empowers to fight smuggling, but without deeper reforms, the impact may be short-lived. ✳️Structural issues need real solutions.

In its efforts to mitigate the expanding informal economy, the government has introduced a new statutory instrument, Statutory Instrument 7 of 2025 designed to protect formal market enterprises. This

29/01/2025

This week's issue of The Axis Top story
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27/01/2025

The Retail Apocalypse: CZR Pleads for President Mnangagwa's Intervention ‘as Authorities Continue Presenting Misleading Picture of Operational Landscape’

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has formally solicited the intervention of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to salvage the remaining components of the structured retail and wholesale sector

27/01/2025

Highlights 27.01.24
✳️Retail Apocalypse: CZR Urges President Emmerson Mnangagwa to Intervene
✳️KLM Suspends Harare Freight Services
✳️Cape Town Hosts Global Mining Summit
✳️SA Signs Land Expropriation Act, Shift in Landy Policy

24/01/2025

Milk Production Hits Record High in 20 Years
✳️ ’s raw milk production hit a record 114.7M litres in 2024, up 14.9%, thanks to strategic investments.
✳️But smuggled dairy products threaten local producers.

Zimbabwe's raw milk production increased by 14.9% in 2024, reaching a record high of 114.7 million litres, surpassing the previous peak of 100 million litres set nearly two decades ago. This achievem

24/01/2025

Climate Round-Up: 's Climate Betrayal
✳️ exit from Paris Agreement hurts goals.
✳️Signals prioritizing growth over the to others.
✳️Collective action from top emitters is crucial for success.

The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement has sent shockwaves throughout the global community, exacerbating concerns about climate change mitigation. This move, orchestrated

24/01/2025

Highlights 24.01.25
✳️ Production Hits Record High in 20 Years
✳️ Expands Mineral Exports to New Markets
✳️ to host Regulation Index at G20
✳️ Rallies to One-Month High on Softer